Choral Evensong will be streamed and available on our YouTube site from 6.25 p.m. on Sunday at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rEEFEMYJno
INTROIT
Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine,et lux perpetua luceat eis. Te decet hymnus, Deus, in Sion, et tibi reddetur votum in Jerusalem. Exaudi orationem meam;ad te omnis caro veniet. Kyrie eleison. Christe eleison. Kyrie eleison.
Rest eternal grant them, O Lord,and let perpetual light shine on them. To thee praise is due, O God, in Zion, and to thee vows are recited in Jerusalem. Hear my prayer; unto thee all flesh shall come. Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
WELCOME AND OPENING PRAYER
The righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance. The memory of the just is blessed. As a father cares for his children, so does the Lord care for those who love him. For he himself knows whereof we are made; he remembers that we are but dust. Our days are like the grass; we flourish like a flower of the field; When the wind goes over it, it is gone, and its place shall know it no more. But the merciful goodness of the Lord endures for ever on those who love him, and his righteousness on children's children.
Dear friends in Christ, pray that God will bless this place.
Silence is kept.
Remember before God with thanksgiving our forebears in faith.
Remember those who by witness, generosity, and work have prepared our way to this holy house and pray that God will bless them.
Pray that God will bless us who worship here, and those who come after us, our children and successors in the pilgrimage of faith. Amen
OFFICE HYMN
In our day of thanksgiving one psalm let us offer
for the saints who before us have found their reward;
when the shadow of death fell upon them, we sorrowed,
but now we rejoice that they rest in the Lord.
In the morning of life, and at noon, and at even,
he called them away from our worship below;
but not till his love, at the font and the altar,
had girt them with grace for the way they should go.
These stones that have echoed their praises are holy,
and dear is the ground where their feet have once trod;
yet here they confessed they were strangers and pilgrims,
and still they were seeking the city of God.
Sing praise, then, for all
who here sought and here found him,
whose journey is ended, whose perils are past:
they believed in the Light; and its glory is round them,
where the clouds of earth's sorrow are lifted at last.
OFFERTOIRE
O Domine, Jesu Christe, Rex Gloriae libera animas defunctorum de poenis inferni et de profundo lacu O Domine, Jesu Christe, Rex Gloriae libera animas defunctorum de ore leonis ne absorbeat eus Tartarus ne cadant in obscurum. Hostias et preces tibi Domine, laudis offerimus tu suscipe pro animabus illis quarum hodie memoriam facimus Fac eas, Domine, de morte transire ad vitam Quam olim Abrahae promisisti et semini eus. Amen
Lord Jesus Christ, King of glory, deliver the souls of all the faithful departed from the pains of hells and from the bottomless pit. Lord Jesus Christ, King of glory, deliver them from the lion's mouth, nor let them fall into darkness, neither the black abyss swallow them up. We offer unto Thee this sacrifice of prayer and praise Receive it for those souls whom today we commemorate. Allow them, o Lord, to cross from death into the life which once Thou didst promise to Abraham and his seed. Amen
FIRST LESSON : 1 Cor 1: 17-25
SANCTUS
Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus, Dominus Deus Sabaoth. Pleni sunt coeli et terra gloria tua. Hosanna in excelsis.
Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts. The heavens and earth are filled with thy glory. Hosanna in the highest.
SECOND LESSON: Revelation 21:1-4
HYMN
O valiant hearts who to your glory came
Through dust of conflict and through battle flame;
Tranquil you lie, your knightly virtue proved,
Your memory hallowed in the land you loved.
Long years ago, as earth lay dark and still,
Rose a loud cry upon a lonely hill,
While in the frailty of our human way,
Christ, our Redeemer, passed the self same way.
Still stands His Cross from that dread hour to this,
Like some bright star above the dark abyss;
Still, through the veil, the Victor’s pitying eyes
Look down to bless our lesser Calvaries.
O risen Lord, O Shepherd of our dead,
Whose cross has bought them and Whose staff has led,
In glorious hope their proud and sorrowing land
Commits her children to Thy gracious hand.
PIE JESU
Pie Jesu Domine, dona eis requiem, requiem sempiternam.
Merciful Lord Jesus,grant them rest, rest everlasting.
PRAYERS (silence is kept)
The Lord is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold of my life— of whom shall I be afraid?
Wait for the Lord, be strong and take heart
Hear my voice when I call, O Lord; be merciful to me and answer me
Wait for the Lord, be strong and take heart
I am confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
Wait for the Lord, be strong and take heart
Father of all, we pray to you for those we love, but see no longer. Grant them your peace, let light perpetual shine upon them, and in your loving wisdom and almighty power, work in them the good purpose of your perfect will; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
ANGUS DEI, LUX AETERNA
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, dona eis requiem,requiem sempiternam. Lux aeterna luceat eis, Domine, cum sanctis tuis in aeternum, quia pius es.Requiem aeternam, dona eis, Domine.
Lamb of God, who taketh away the sins of the world, Grant them rest everlasting. Let light eternal shine on them, O Lord, with thy saints forever, for thou art merciful. Rest eternal grant them, O Lord.
LIBERA ME
Libera me, Domine, de morte æterna, in die illa tremenda. Quando cœli movendi sunt et terra dum veneris iudicare Sæculum per ignem. Tremens factus sum ego, et timeo, dum discussio venerit, atque ventura ira Quando cœli movendi sunt et terra. Dies illa, dies iræ, calamitatis et miseriæ, dies magna et amara valde Dum veneris iudicare sæculum per ignem. Requiem æternam dona eis, Domine: et lux perpetua luceat eis
Deliver me, O Lord, from death eternal on that fearful day, When the heavens and the earth shall be moved, when thou shalt come to judge the world by fire. I am made to tremble, and I fear, till the judgment be upon us, and the coming wrath,
When the heavens and the earth shall be moved. That day, day of wrath, calamity and misery, day of great and exceeding bitterness, Rest eternal grant unto them, O Lord: and let light perpetual shine upon them.
THIRD LESSON : Wisdom 3:1-9
ANTHEM: Greater Love by John Ireland (1879-1962)
Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it. Love is strong as death. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, That we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness. Ye are washed, ye are sanctified, ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus. Ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation; That ye should show forth the praises of him who hath call’d you out of darkness into his marvellous light. I beseech you brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies, a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto to God, which is your reasonable service.
Canticles 8, St John 15, I Peter 2, I Corinthians 6; Romans 12
PRAYERS
For the saints who walked the earth
We give you thanks, O Lord
For all that the beloved has taught us
We give you thanks, O Lord
For finding your Spirit and love within them
We give you thanks, O Lord
For the knowledge that death is not an ending but a beginning
We give you thanks, O Lord
For the miracle of new beginnings
We give you thanks, O Lord
Bring us, O Lord God, at our last awakening into the house and gate of heaven, to enter into that gate and dwell in that house, where there shall be no darkness nor dazzling, but one equal light; no noise nor silence, but one equal music; no fears nor hopes, but one equal possession; no ends nor beginnings, but one equal eternity; in the habitations of thy glory and dominion, world without end.
Amen
HYMN
I heard the voice of Jesus say,
“Come unto Me and rest;
Lay down, thou weary one, lay down
Thy head upon My breast.”
I came to Jesus as I was,
weary and worn and sad;
I found in Him a resting place,
and He has made me glad.
I heard the voice of Jesus say,
“Behold, I freely give
The living water; thirsty one,
stoop down, and drink, and live.”
I came to Jesus, and I drank of that life giving stream;
My thirst was quenched, my soul revived,
and now I live in Him.
I heard the voice of Jesus say,
“I am this dark world’s Light;
Look unto Me, thy morn shall rise,
and all thy day be bright.”
I looked to Jesus, and I found in Him my Star, my Sun;
And in that light of life I’ll walk,
till traveling days are done.
IN PARADISUM
In paradisum deducant te Angeli; in tuo adventu suscipiant te martyres, et perducant te in civitatem sanctam Ierusalem. Chorus angelorum te suscipiat, et cum Lazaro quondam paupere æternam habeas requiem.
May the angels lead you into paradise; may the martyrs receive you at your arrival and lead you to the holy city Jerusalem. May choirs of angels receive you and with Lazarus, once poor, may you have eternal rest.